Why LOINC and why not only LOINC?
Why LOINC and why not only LOINC?
Why LOINC and why not only LOINC?
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<strong>LOINC</strong> : side stack<br />
• Powerful but complex:<br />
– Multiple samples, methods, units,….<br />
– Difference between some codes <strong>not</strong> always easy to underst<strong>and</strong><br />
– E.g.: glucose 66 records<br />
• 53344 items but still incomplete<br />
– For hematology 20% of records are lacking<br />
– E.g.: Owren PT (Thrombotest)<br />
• Challenge tests <strong>and</strong> time dependence remain unresolved<br />
• Bacteriology far from complete<br />
– Always a problem for coding systems (antibiograms,….)<br />
• Request codes
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